"Puffers Out" — How Long Will the Cold Snap Last? Where is the Typhoon Headed?

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With the air turning sharply cold enough that padded jackets do not look out of place today (October 22), this autumn's first frost and ice were observed. The brief cold snap is expected to ease after tomorrow morning, but rain will begin in Jeju Island tomorrow due to the indirect influence of an approaching typhoon.

Reporter Seo Donggyun has the details.

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Citizens have already broken out their padded jackets in response to the chilly weather.

[Lee Ji-woo / Seodaemun-gu, Seoul: I go to the gym, and they suddenly started turning on the heaters since last week.]

Seoul's morning low today dropped to 5.2°C (41°F), which was 4.6°C lower than the average year, and daytime temperatures were also about 3°C lower than usual.

The first autumn frost was observed in Buk-Chuncheon, Gangwon Province, and Andong, North Gyeongsang Province.

Ice even formed in Buk-Chuncheon, with the first ice arriving six days earlier than last year and one day earlier than average.

This cold snap is forecast to ease starting tomorrow afternoon.

Let us also take a look at the typhoon.

Typhoon Champi, the 30th typhoon, is moving northward while maintaining a strength level of 4, but it will weaken rapidly as it passes through waters east of Taiwan tomorrow night.

According to our Korea Meteorological Administration, it is expected to come closest to Jeju Island on Sunday night, before turning into an extratropical cyclone the following day.

If projections hold, the typhoon will head toward Japan; however, depending on the typhoon's strong wind radius, typhoon warnings could be issued for the waters south of Jeju.

If this occurs, it would be the latest typhoon on record to affect South Korea.

Since 1951, there have been a total of eight October typhoons that have affected South Korea, with the most recent being Typhoon Zeb in 1998, and Typhoonセス (Seth), which made landfall in Hadong, South Gyeongsang Province, among those that made landfall.

What about predictions from other countries regarding this typhoon?

Both the United States and Japan show forecasts similar to ours. Japan, which previously expected the typhoon to head toward the Korea Strait, revised its projected path further south today, bringing its outlook in line with South Korea's.

The typhoon's indirect impact begins tomorrow. As moisture brought by the typhoon meets the cold air over South Korea, rain will fall starting tomorrow, bringing 30 to 80 mm to Jeju Island and 5 to 30 mm to the southern regions.

(Video by Joo Yong-jin | Video Editing by Cho Moo-hwan | Design by Choi Jae-young | VJ by Shin So-young)
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